$TEVA is up in PM on a guidance raise. The worst is over for the drug stock. $TEVA, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited / H1 Per SA:Revenues: $4,264M (-5.9%). Key product sales: Copaxone: $397M (-33.9%); Generics: $2,224B (-1.8%). Net loss: ($314M) (-15.0%); non-GAAP net income: $637M (-8.2%); loss/share: ($0.29) (-7.4%); non-GAAP EPS: $0.58 (-14.7%). Cash flow ops: $325M (-22.8%). 2019 guidance: Revenues: $17.2B - 17.4B from $17.0B - 17.4B; operating income: $4.0B - 4.2B from $3.8B - 4.2B; EBITDA: $4.5B - 4.8B from $4.4B - 4.8B; EPS: $2.30 - 2.50 from $2.20 - 2.50; free cash flow: $1.7B - 2.0B from $1.6B - 2.0B.Markets are up on the HOPE of a US/China trade deal. Snore. Sell some expensive stocks into the rally. $SPY $SPY, SPDR S&P 500 / H1 via user dcv:Futures are brighter. Shades are always on hand. Crude up a touch while Gold and Bitcoin are down to start the day. Speaking of Bitcoin, "I don't think of Bitcoin as a currency. It's actually not a great medium of exchange because of it’s volatility, David Marcus, the head of Facebook’s cryptocurrency projects, told the NYT DealBook Conference in New York."I see it as digital gold." A week after banning online sales of e-cigarettes, China outlined plans to prohibit vaping in public places to stem a "distinct increase" in activity among teenagers. Seems that China is seeing the same increases that the US has already seen. The stance would put China squarely with countries that have outlawed e-cigarettes outright, including India, Brazil and Singapore. Disney will take centerstage later today when it reports fiscal-fourth results after the market close. Analysts are anticipating a challenging quarter for the Mouse House, specifically at its media networks division due to increased spending on the Disney+ streaming service. Mouse House? I would think that the analysts would understand that Disney had to increase spending on Disney+, but what do I know? $DIS $DIS, Walt Disney Company (The) / H1 Twitter shares fell 2.5% premarket after the DOJ charged two former employees with spying for Saudi Arabia in part by digging into user accounts on the service. Spying for Saudi Arabia? Seems that there is more to this story. Yikes. U.S. and European regulators have asked Boeing to fill in gaps in the documentation on the proposed 737 MAX software fix, raising doubts about the company's hopes to return the jet to U.S. service by year-end, Reuters reports. Gaps? Boeing is in the news almost on a daily basis over the 737 MAX and their documentation on the software fix has gaps? Is anyone even trying at Boeing? Have no fear! The CEO got a vote of confidence from the Board. Wow. Nothing on WeWork today? I will have to do my best to get through. Tesla will finally unveil its long-awaited electric pickup truck on November 21st, Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday. The truck, which Musk has dubbed “Cybertruck,” is supposed to look like something straight out of Blade Runner, the CEO has said. How cool! The long-awaited electric pickup truck will finally make an appearance. Musk has said the forthcoming pickup truck has a “heart-stopping” design, with better utility than a Ford F-150 and superior performance to a basic Porsche 911. Of course it will. The big question that wasn't answered by Mr. Musk is: When will this "heart-stopping Cybertruck" become more than a one-off and actually be mass produced? No doubt the folks who put deposit money down on the long-awaited Tesla Semi are wondering about when these will ever be manufactured, but the show must go on! $TSLA $TSLA, Tesla, Inc. / H1 ed note: $NIO stock crashed and burned. Again. Sell into the rally. $NIO, NIO Inc. / H1 Treasury Department announcement flying under the radar. The amount you can contribute to your 401(k) or similar workplace retirement plan goes up from $19,000 in 2019 to $19,500 in 2020. The 401(k) catch-up contribution limit—if you’re 50 or older in 2020—will be $6,500 for workplace plans, up from $6,000. But the amount you can contribute to an Individual Retirement Account stays the same for 2020: $6,000, with a $1,000 catch-up limit if you’re 50 or older. I know it's not Brexit news, but certainly something that investors might be interested in. $TLT $IEF $BOND.